Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1887-08-06

Six men were killed and a num-
Der badly wounded IN an election.
day fight in Manchester, the county
seat of Clay County, Kan.
In quarrel between John and
Joseph Evans, brothers, and Ike
Meditte, in Faulkner county, Ark,
Meditte fatally shot both brothers.
Jacob Kyner, who lives near Ship.
pensburg, Pa, shot his wife three
times, in Chambersburg, Pa, be.
cause she would not live with him.
Over two hundred and fifty acres
of fine farm land, near Hopkinsville,
KY, sank from five to six feet dur
ing the earthquake Monday night.
A herd of sixteen Holstein and
Jersey cows, owned by George Rolfe,
of New Brunswick, n. j.. were kill
ed to prevent the spread of pleuro.
pneumonia. .-
A fire in the Wells & French
Company's bridge works, Chicago,
did $4,000 damage, and sixty men
made narrow escapes from being
burned to death. as....
Several barns in Lancaster coun-
ty, Pa, were struck by lightning, as
were also twenty houses in North
ampton county, and eight in War.
rem county, n. j.
Late returns from the Kentucky
election indicate Buckner's election
by greatly reduced Democratic
majority. Republican gains are
conspicuous and the Democrats
failed to carry Carlisle's district.
The Baltimore and Ohio Western
express ran into a freight train
thirty.two miles east of Pittsburg,
and Fireman Orbin, of the freight
trail, was killed, and Engineer Gil.
land fatally injured.
Sir George Otto Trevelyan, the
Liberal candidate, was elected to
Parliament over Colin Mackenzie,
his Conservative opponent for the
Bridgeton division Of Glasgow. 1t
was great victory for the Glad
Stonians.
An unusual sad tragedy is report
ed from Michigan. A lady put
phosphorus on her bunion and re-
tired. Her husband coming in later
at night saw a glazing thing, and
threw bootjack at it. The result
was more exciting than he expected,
andin the future he will throw no
more bootjacks, even if an aurora
borealis invades his room.
CHARLESTON, w. VA, Aug. g.
Shortly after six o'clock this evening
heavy wind and rain storm visited
this city and vicinity, resulting in
uprooting many fine shade trees,
blowing down fences and unroofng
buildings and overturning houses.
Reports from the country say the
damage is heavy in the way of de-
stroying crops, fruits, fences and
trees. The rainfall was the heaviest
here for years. There had been no
rain throughout this section for four
weeks, and crops were suffering.
WINCHESTER, Va, August A.
O. B. Rlchold, OF Muncy, Pa, con.
victed of stealing hides from Lepp's
warehouse, in this place, and await
ing the action Of the Court of ap-
peals on petition for new trial,
broke Jail this morning for the sec.
ond time. He released three negro
prisoners-JOhn jenkins, convicted
of horse-stealing; Jack Williams,
convicted of larceny. and Algernon
Miller, charged with the murder of
Willard T. White, in this county.
Miller was recaptuTed, but the
others are still at large.
CUMBERLAND, August 1.-About
eleven o'clock last night collision
occurred between two freight trains
on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
as they were approaching this city.
The trains were eastbound, and their
time was about an hour apart. The
first train WAS heavily loaded with
coal, and it stalled on a grade in the |
city and was compelled to run into
the yard with section, leaving the
other section on the main track. A |
brakeman was sent back to flag the |
approaching freight, but he only got |
a short distance when the freight
came along. The engineer reversed |
his engine. but too late to prevent
collision with the portion standing
on the track, and it derailed num-
Der Of coal hoppers and telescoped a
Of the latter trains box cars.
One car was loaded with barrels of
kerosene, which were demolished.
One car. loaded with groceries, was
thrown across the track. A car con-
tanning lumber was badly broken.
In it were two tramps, who made a
very narrow escape from DEATH
One of them escaped unhurt. The
other, a boy, about fifteen years of
age, who gave his name as Leonard
Oehler, from Larne. Ohio, was
caught between the cars. His leg
and arms were badly crushed, being
pinioned for over half an hour be-
fore the body could be released
The boy has been well cared for and
may recover. The other tramp was
about forty years of age, and ran
away after the accident.